The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDracula by Bram StokerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
251 books — 922 voters

Cloud Atlas by David  MitchellA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony MarraOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Inter-Connected Short Stories
218 books — 81 voters
Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus by Allison HawnMilk, Turkey, and Neurosis by Grace Anne FeldmanSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsLife is a Pirate Ship Run by a Velociraptor by Allison HawnDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Odd Titles
473 books — 157 voters

Pretzel by Margret ReyLily and the Octopus by Steven  RowleyThe Hallo-Wiener by Dav PilkeyThe Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall SmithWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Hot Dog! (A Dachshund-lover's list)
265 books — 26 voters
Splintered by A.G. HowardHeartless by Marissa MeyerUnhinged by A.G. HowardAlice in Zombieland by Gena ShowalterThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Best Retellings of Alice in Wonderland
169 books — 591 voters

You Really Are Full of Shit, Aren't You? by Karl WigginsGabriella by Alan  HardyMagic America by C.E. MedfordCalico Jack in your Garden by Karl WigginsBlue Coyote Motel by Dianne Harman
Best Quirky Books
105 books — 109 voters
Bel Canto by Ann PatchettCloud Atlas by David  MitchellAmadeus by Peter ShafferDoctor Faustus by Thomas MannThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
Classical Music themes in Literature
168 books — 114 voters

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. Valente
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,928 books — 2,080 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,341 voters


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